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This might be more appropriate for the Diet thread, but I figure it can't hurt to ask here first - How hard do I go in on making cats try to accept a new brand of wet food? I'm trying out switching my two cats to a brand of wet cat food that's sold in bigger economical Tetra/Canned packages (so ~400g per) instead of the individual pouches I've had so far. I assumed this'd be an easy switch as they've eaten Whiskas/Latz/Sheba/Gourmet (all "cheaper but not the cheapest" grocery store brands) without any complaints when served, but they both seem to just not like this "better" grain free wet food (It's called Bozita in Sweden). The way I serve their food so far is that I let them have free access to the dry food and serve the wet food as a treat twice per day. When I've done this they always eat the Wet food, but with this one they sniff the wet food and go straight for the dry - even when I tried some different flavours. I've tried slightly heating it before serving, and I've tried phasing it in by mixing it with the old (the latter sort of worked until the majority was the new, at which point they went "nah"). Should I remove the dry food for a few days to see if that might make them more accepting of the wet food? It's not a huge deal personally if they dislike it as I can go back to Latz, but I was hoping for a bit of a one-two "Better and cheaper" option. 
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Precambrian Video Games posted:Well you can try a couple more times but if it's not a prescription diet I'd say it's a waste of time and energy trying to get cats to eat food they don't like. Yepp, fair enough - pretty much what my gut was telling me. I'll try to serve the remainder I have and hop back to what they did enjoy.
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DreamingofRoses posted:He’s been mostly resting since we got back, but has been able to get up and walk around, eat, drink water and pee in his litter box but I haven’t seen a bowel movement today or yesterday, and I’m pretty sure most of the day before? It’s hard to remember. I wouldn't be super worried about just yet, as he's peeing and eating/drinking, so you're not in the  zone IMO. But if you can, try to call your veterinarian clinic and ask about it.
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